Author: Wayne Pharr
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613749198
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, three hundred officers of the newly created elite paramilitary tactical unit known as SWAT initiated a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles&–based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and five thousand rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. From a tactical standpoint, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) considered the encounter a disaster. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shootout symbolized a victory. A key contributor to that victory was the nineteen-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP Wayne Pharr. Nine Lives of a Black Panther tells Wayne's riveting story of the Los Angeles branch of the BPP and gives a blow-by-blow account of how it prepared for and survived the massive military-style attack. Because of his dedication to the black liberation struggle, Wayne was hunted, beaten, and almost killed by the LAPD in four separate events. Here he reveals how the branch survived attacks such as these, and also why BPP cofounder Huey P. Newton expelled the entire Southern California chapter and deemed it &“too dangerous to remain a part of the national organization.&” The Los Angeles branch was the proving ground for some of the most beloved and colorful characters in Panther lore, including Bunchy Carter, Masai Hewitt, Geronimo &“ji-Jaga&” Pratt, and Elaine Brown. Nine Lives fills in a missing piece of Black Panther history, while making clear why black Los Angeles was home to two of the most devastating riots in the history of urban America. But it also eloquently relates one man's triumph over police terror, internal warfare, and personal demons. It will doubtless soon take its place among the classics of black militant literature.
Nine Lives of a Black Panther
Author: Wayne Pharr
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613749198
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, three hundred officers of the newly created elite paramilitary tactical unit known as SWAT initiated a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles&–based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and five thousand rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. From a tactical standpoint, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) considered the encounter a disaster. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shootout symbolized a victory. A key contributor to that victory was the nineteen-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP Wayne Pharr. Nine Lives of a Black Panther tells Wayne's riveting story of the Los Angeles branch of the BPP and gives a blow-by-blow account of how it prepared for and survived the massive military-style attack. Because of his dedication to the black liberation struggle, Wayne was hunted, beaten, and almost killed by the LAPD in four separate events. Here he reveals how the branch survived attacks such as these, and also why BPP cofounder Huey P. Newton expelled the entire Southern California chapter and deemed it &“too dangerous to remain a part of the national organization.&” The Los Angeles branch was the proving ground for some of the most beloved and colorful characters in Panther lore, including Bunchy Carter, Masai Hewitt, Geronimo &“ji-Jaga&” Pratt, and Elaine Brown. Nine Lives fills in a missing piece of Black Panther history, while making clear why black Los Angeles was home to two of the most devastating riots in the history of urban America. But it also eloquently relates one man's triumph over police terror, internal warfare, and personal demons. It will doubtless soon take its place among the classics of black militant literature.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613749198
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, three hundred officers of the newly created elite paramilitary tactical unit known as SWAT initiated a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles&–based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and five thousand rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. From a tactical standpoint, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) considered the encounter a disaster. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shootout symbolized a victory. A key contributor to that victory was the nineteen-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP Wayne Pharr. Nine Lives of a Black Panther tells Wayne's riveting story of the Los Angeles branch of the BPP and gives a blow-by-blow account of how it prepared for and survived the massive military-style attack. Because of his dedication to the black liberation struggle, Wayne was hunted, beaten, and almost killed by the LAPD in four separate events. Here he reveals how the branch survived attacks such as these, and also why BPP cofounder Huey P. Newton expelled the entire Southern California chapter and deemed it &“too dangerous to remain a part of the national organization.&” The Los Angeles branch was the proving ground for some of the most beloved and colorful characters in Panther lore, including Bunchy Carter, Masai Hewitt, Geronimo &“ji-Jaga&” Pratt, and Elaine Brown. Nine Lives fills in a missing piece of Black Panther history, while making clear why black Los Angeles was home to two of the most devastating riots in the history of urban America. But it also eloquently relates one man's triumph over police terror, internal warfare, and personal demons. It will doubtless soon take its place among the classics of black militant literature.
Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)
Author: Phil A. Newton
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 9780825494789
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
(Foreword by Mark Dever) A biblically functioning church requires intentional devotion to the New Testament model of the church. In this practical book, Phil Newton gives a definitive and biblical study of elder-based leadership.
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 9780825494789
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
(Foreword by Mark Dever) A biblically functioning church requires intentional devotion to the New Testament model of the church. In this practical book, Phil Newton gives a definitive and biblical study of elder-based leadership.
Journey of Souls
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 1567184855
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When reincarnating, do we have a short spell in a disembodied phase? Hypnosis reveals what goes on.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 1567184855
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When reincarnating, do we have a short spell in a disembodied phase? Hypnosis reveals what goes on.
The Two Pound Tram
Author: William Newton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140880672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure. Then their mother elopes and their already distant father becomes hostile. So the brothers pack their camping equipment and run away from home. They already have a plan. They're going to London to buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement, and it costs two pounds... Lively, funny and charming, The Two Pound Tram is a bittersweet testament to youth, its dreams and its triumph over adversity.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140880672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure. Then their mother elopes and their already distant father becomes hostile. So the brothers pack their camping equipment and run away from home. They already have a plan. They're going to London to buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement, and it costs two pounds... Lively, funny and charming, The Two Pound Tram is a bittersweet testament to youth, its dreams and its triumph over adversity.
Nine Lives Newton
Author: Alice McKinley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471181197
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
'Brimming with charm' –? Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale. If Newton's got nine lives, he can be a daring dog of danger! Or can he. . .? Meet Newton – the dog who thinks he has nine lives and infinite luck. And if Newton has nine lives, then that means he can do all his favourite things but be MUCH more daring. But what if Newton's got it all wrong and he's not quite as invincible as he thinks he is?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471181197
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
'Brimming with charm' –? Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale. If Newton's got nine lives, he can be a daring dog of danger! Or can he. . .? Meet Newton – the dog who thinks he has nine lives and infinite luck. And if Newton has nine lives, then that means he can do all his favourite things but be MUCH more daring. But what if Newton's got it all wrong and he's not quite as invincible as he thinks he is?
Life After Gravity
Author: Patricia Fara
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198841027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
The story of Isaac Newton's decades in London - as ambitious cosmopolitan gentleman, President of London's Royal Society, Master of the Mint, and investor in the slave trade. Isaac Newton is celebrated throughout the world as a great scientific genius who conceived the theory of gravity. But in his early fifties, he abandoned his life as a reclusive university scholar to spend three decades in London, a long period of metropolitan activity that is often overlooked. Enmeshed in Enlightenment politics and social affairs, Newton participated in the linked spheres of early science and imperialist capitalism. Instead of the quiet cloisters and dark libraries of Cambridge's all-male world, he now moved in fashionable London society, which was characterized by patronage relationships, sexual intrigues and ruthless ambition. Knighted by Queen Anne, and a close ally of influential Whig politicians, Newton occupied a powerful position as President of London's Royal Society. He also became Master of the Mint, responsible for the nation's money at a time of financial crisis, and himself making and losing small fortunes on the stock market. A major investor in the East India Company, Newton benefited from the global trading networks that relied on selling African captives to wealthy plantation owners in the Americas, and was responsible for monitoring the import of African gold to be melted down for English guineas. Patricia Fara reveals Newton's life as a cosmopolitan gentleman by focussing on a Hogarth painting of an elite Hanoverian drawing room. Gazing down from the mantelpiece, a bust of Newton looms over an aristocratic audience watching their children perform a play about European colonialism and the search for gold. Packed with Newtonian imagery, this conversation piece depicts the privileged, exploitative life in which this eminent Enlightenment figure engaged, an uncomfortable side of Newton's life with which we are much less familiar.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198841027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
The story of Isaac Newton's decades in London - as ambitious cosmopolitan gentleman, President of London's Royal Society, Master of the Mint, and investor in the slave trade. Isaac Newton is celebrated throughout the world as a great scientific genius who conceived the theory of gravity. But in his early fifties, he abandoned his life as a reclusive university scholar to spend three decades in London, a long period of metropolitan activity that is often overlooked. Enmeshed in Enlightenment politics and social affairs, Newton participated in the linked spheres of early science and imperialist capitalism. Instead of the quiet cloisters and dark libraries of Cambridge's all-male world, he now moved in fashionable London society, which was characterized by patronage relationships, sexual intrigues and ruthless ambition. Knighted by Queen Anne, and a close ally of influential Whig politicians, Newton occupied a powerful position as President of London's Royal Society. He also became Master of the Mint, responsible for the nation's money at a time of financial crisis, and himself making and losing small fortunes on the stock market. A major investor in the East India Company, Newton benefited from the global trading networks that relied on selling African captives to wealthy plantation owners in the Americas, and was responsible for monitoring the import of African gold to be melted down for English guineas. Patricia Fara reveals Newton's life as a cosmopolitan gentleman by focussing on a Hogarth painting of an elite Hanoverian drawing room. Gazing down from the mantelpiece, a bust of Newton looms over an aristocratic audience watching their children perform a play about European colonialism and the search for gold. Packed with Newtonian imagery, this conversation piece depicts the privileged, exploitative life in which this eminent Enlightenment figure engaged, an uncomfortable side of Newton's life with which we are much less familiar.
Dream It, Do It, Live It
Author: Richard Newton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0857084534
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A practical nine-step productivity guide for turning your dreamsinto realities When you think of project management, you probably think ofbusiness projects and boring meetings. But every project, personaland professional, needs to be properly managed if you expect toturn what you can dream up into a reality you can live. We all havedreams we're passionate about—getting ahead at work, startinga business, or even learning to play an instrument—but it'sdifficult to live your dreams without a framework for getting fromvision to achievement. Dream It, Do It, Live It offerspractical, understandable, and doable guidance on achieving anygoal in nine easy steps. With case studies of real people whoachieved their own dreams, this easy-to-read illustrated guide willhelp you focus on the dream you want to make real and theconstructive and meaningful steps you can take to today to makethat dream happen. A short, easy-to-read guide full of practical advice and simplesteps for getting started on the path to your ultimate goals Includes an easy-to-follow nine-step system that helps youreach any goal, professional or personal Ideal for professionals who want to get ahead, entrepreneurswho want to start their own business, hobbyists, and anyone whowants to turn the intangible into the tangible No matter where you want to go in life, there's always a way toget there. Dream It, Do It, Live It gives you the practical,real-world advice you need to set out on the road to your ultimatesuccess.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0857084534
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A practical nine-step productivity guide for turning your dreamsinto realities When you think of project management, you probably think ofbusiness projects and boring meetings. But every project, personaland professional, needs to be properly managed if you expect toturn what you can dream up into a reality you can live. We all havedreams we're passionate about—getting ahead at work, startinga business, or even learning to play an instrument—but it'sdifficult to live your dreams without a framework for getting fromvision to achievement. Dream It, Do It, Live It offerspractical, understandable, and doable guidance on achieving anygoal in nine easy steps. With case studies of real people whoachieved their own dreams, this easy-to-read illustrated guide willhelp you focus on the dream you want to make real and theconstructive and meaningful steps you can take to today to makethat dream happen. A short, easy-to-read guide full of practical advice and simplesteps for getting started on the path to your ultimate goals Includes an easy-to-follow nine-step system that helps youreach any goal, professional or personal Ideal for professionals who want to get ahead, entrepreneurswho want to start their own business, hobbyists, and anyone whowants to turn the intangible into the tangible No matter where you want to go in life, there's always a way toget there. Dream It, Do It, Live It gives you the practical,real-world advice you need to set out on the road to your ultimatesuccess.
Nine Man Tree
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679892571
Category : Everglades (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Depression-era Florida, young Yoolee assumes the responsibility of protecting his family from an unspeakable horror stalking the swamplands.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679892571
Category : Everglades (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Depression-era Florida, young Yoolee assumes the responsibility of protecting his family from an unspeakable horror stalking the swamplands.
The Nine Lives of Tigger Digger
Author: Margaret Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993046322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Cat Lovers and children will love to read this delightful true-to-life story about a cat called Tigger Digger, who finds himself dumped on the Yorkshire Moors and left to fend for himself by Nan Knitwarm's 'noddle nephew' Newton. Tigger's quest for a forever home leads him along perilous paths. How he survives, after spending several of his 'nine lives, ' might have something to do with his own skill in avoiding disaster. Or maybe the other helpful people and creatures he meets on his journey are fortunate tools of what Tigger believes to be the 'Light of Heaven'. Although a book designed for children, it will also satisfy those eager 'cataholics' who, like the author herself, cannot help but fall in love with cats. Margaret Grant's delicious memories of the pets and creatures she has adored find a place in this moving novel. Notes for parents and teachers help discussion about each chapter as it unfolds and will be useful in teaching virtues.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993046322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Cat Lovers and children will love to read this delightful true-to-life story about a cat called Tigger Digger, who finds himself dumped on the Yorkshire Moors and left to fend for himself by Nan Knitwarm's 'noddle nephew' Newton. Tigger's quest for a forever home leads him along perilous paths. How he survives, after spending several of his 'nine lives, ' might have something to do with his own skill in avoiding disaster. Or maybe the other helpful people and creatures he meets on his journey are fortunate tools of what Tigger believes to be the 'Light of Heaven'. Although a book designed for children, it will also satisfy those eager 'cataholics' who, like the author herself, cannot help but fall in love with cats. Margaret Grant's delicious memories of the pets and creatures she has adored find a place in this moving novel. Notes for parents and teachers help discussion about each chapter as it unfolds and will be useful in teaching virtues.
Life Between Lives
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738704654
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The founder of the Society of Spiritual Regression provides a guide for hypnotherapists and the general public to access the spiritual world.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738704654
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The founder of the Society of Spiritual Regression provides a guide for hypnotherapists and the general public to access the spiritual world.